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The Johnny Orr Project

With the help of Angie and the moderators, I've created a social group called the Johnny Orr Project. It is my hope to gather ideas, and then organize and support those ideas to find a fitting way to honor Coach Orr at Iowa State. This group is open for anyone to join.

I would like nothing more than to come up with a great way to honor Coach Orr, and to present that idea to Jamie Pollard with some real support (both monetary and otherwise) for getting this achieved.

Coach Orr created the modern era of Cyclone basketball (and Hilton Magic), and beyond those accomplishments, has been an outstanding representative of what it means to be a Cyclone to this day. Coach is 82, and I think it would be a shame to wait until too late to do this.

Re: The Johnny Orr Project

doesnt JP have plans to buy Hilton? (maybe ive been living under a rock and he already has done this.) Why not rename "Hilton" after Mr. Orr? It would be very fitting since he did create the atmosphere knows as "Hilton Magic"

Last edited by whirlybirds; 05-21-2009 at 07:09 PM.

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Re: The Johnny Orr Project

Originally Posted by whirlybirds

doesnt JP have plans to buy Hilton? (maybe ive been living under a rock and he already has done this.) Why not rename "Hilton" after Mr. Orr?

Because Hilton was responsible for the Iowa Stat Center to be built. I'd be okay with Johnny Orr Arena or the Johnny Orr Fieldhouse if the Iowa State Center was renamed 'Hilton Center at Iowa State University.'

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